Flax is a very expensive supplement

[JA9791]

I am interested in taking this as a supplement but it seems way too expensive.

http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/browse...B00GXK?SkuID=8730&BreadCrumbType=SearchResult


This one cost $10 and has 17 ounces of flax. It say's there are about 17 servings in this container at 1 tablespoon a serving. If I take 2 tablespoons a day this it will last for about 8 days. I'd have to spend $10 every 8 days. I don't know maybe my math is wrong. Don't you think that's expensive?

 

[CLOMIDCLOWN]

if you dont hare about the liganans (r-ala benefits) than consider olive oil. get 1 gallon tubs from costco or just buy a little from the super market.

 

[JA9791]

if you dont hare about the liganans (r-ala benefits) than consider olive oil. get 1 gallon tubs from costco or just buy a little from the super market.

You mentioned r-ala benefits and it sound very interesting:

"Using R-ALA, you can channel more of the glucose to the muscle cells instead of the fat cells gaining more lean muscle mass without a concurrent gain in body fat.

Of particular interest to the bodybuilder is the fact that R-ALA enables the muscles to increase the amount of glucose that they absorb from the blood stream by increasing the number of glut-4 transporters on the out-side of the myocites (muscle-cells) by almost 50%. By forcing the glucose and nutrients into both the MUSCLE-cells and the fat-cells, one can use ALA as a nutrient-partitioning agent.

The net result is an increased muscle-gain over the long run with a smaller fat-gain. To give you a quantitative idea, if a person gains 10lbs muscle and 10lbs fat in a bulking cycle w/o ALA. He/she is likely to gain around 14lbs muscle and 6 lbs fat if he/she would have taken ALA.
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source http://www.heranswer.com/rala_muscle.asp

Does the product I linked come with lignans cause I know that some of the other brands mention ("with lignans") and some don't. Would just taking 1 tablespoon of this stuff a day do it? That should spread it to 17 days. How much of this stuff do I really need a day? I'm currently bulking so if this really benefits I will take Flax.

 

[CLOMIDCLOWN]

You can buy R-ala seperately (the r isomer is better than the standard racemix or non R which is the S isomer). I think all flax or safflower oil contains rala or the omegas but some now advertise High Lignan.

Sorry dont know how much to take. But i take ala 15 min b4 my PWO shake to shuttle glucose into my muscles.

 

[Lao Tzu]

if you dont hare about the liganans (r-ala benefits) than consider olive oil. get 1 gallon tubs from costco or just buy a little from the super market.

olive oil has all the EFAs that flaxseed oil has?

 

[audiophyle]

no, olive oil is primarily omega 6's and 9's, flax is mostly 3's and 6's

 

[SAPlaya213]

i would look into fish oil, thats what i take and its always done me good.....just my opinion.....

 

[Lao Tzu]

i can get fish oil pretty cheaply (100 grams for $2.50 or so) so would combining that with olive oil (to get the Omega 6s) give the same EFAs as flax oil or are the Omega 6s in olive oil negligible?

 

[JA9791]

I went ordered a 32 ounce bottle of Flora Flax Oil for $15.